Shikt-sleeve adjuster



Feb 14, 1928.

. G. H. HESSE SHIRT SLEEVE ADJUSTER Filed March 15, 1927 attozncqPatented Feb. 14, 1928.

UNITED STATES GEORGE E. HESSE, OF CINCIKNATI, OHIO.

SHIRT-SLEEVE ADJUSTER.

Application filed March 15, 1927. Serial, No. 175,522.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in wearingapparel, and particularly to mens shirts.

The sleeves of mens shirts are usually too long for the wearer, and alarge majority of men wear some kind of bands around the arms, above theelbows, to keep the sleeves above the ends of the coat sleeves. and thusprevent soiling of the shirt sleeves on desks,

or other places, while the wearers are at work. To hold the sleeves upto the required height, necessitates the use of elastic bands which areso tight that they are run comfortable to the wearer.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide meansconnected with the inner seams of the sleeves of a shirt, which isadapted to be adjustably engaged with a portion of the shirt sleeve, atsome point below the arm-hole, whereby to securely and positively holdthe sleeve up, so that its cuii' will not project, beyond the lower endof the coat sleeve.

Another object is to provide such an at tachment for the sleeve of amans shirt that the sleeve may be adjusted so as to protrude beyond thecoat sleeve to the desired dis tancc, or be held within the coat sleeve.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing: Figure 1 shows a perspective of a portion of a shirtshowing the invention applied thereto, and the sleeve adjusted to acertain height.

Figure. 2 is a similar view showing a modiiication wherein the buttonholes are formed an in the sleeve, and the button sewed thereto.

Figure 3 is a sectional detail view through the form shown in Figure 2.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents thearm-hole pertion of a mans shirt, and 11 a portion of the sleevethereof, said sleeve having the inner seam 12 extending from thearm-hole downwardily on the lower side of the sleeve. sewed to theshirt, at a point where the sleev seam intersects the seam around thearm-hole, is a strip of fabric 13, having a longitudinal series ofbuttonholes 14. Secured to the sleeve, at a suitable distance downwardlyof the seam thereof, is a but- 66 ten 15, which is adapted to beinterchange ably engaged through the buttonholes 14,

whereby to pull the sleeve upwardly, and hold the sleeve in suchelevated position, so that the cuff thereof will not protrude below thesleeve of the coat of the wearer. This is no advantageous to workers inoiiices, as it withholds the sleeves out of rubbing contact with deskstops, thereby keeping the cuffs from becoming soiled. When the cuffs ofa shirt become soiled, the entire appearance of the shirt is spoiled, asit would appear that the shirt, also, was as dirty as the culls. A shirtmay be put on in the morning, fresh and clean, and betore the day isended the cuffs are so soiled as to make it necessary to put 70 onanother shirt the next day, if the wearer desires to appear neat andclean. lVith the present construction, the wearer can eifectively keepthe culls from being soiled, so that when he desires to let the cuffsdown, to be seen below the coat sleeves, he may do sowithout fear ofdisplaying soiled culls.

.lnsteadl of sewing the buttonhole strip 13 to the shirt, 1 may employthe method shown in Figure 2, wherein the button 15 is sewed to thesleeve at approximately the same point as that of the first form, and aseries of buttonholes 16 formed in the sleeve, be tween the arm-hole andthe said button. To adjust the sleeve, in the form shown in Figure 2,the wearer simply grasps the button, and pulls the sleeve upwardly untilthe button can be properly engaged in the desired button hole. Thesleeve will then remain in its adjusted position, as will be readilyunderstood. U

By means of this construction, shirts of larger sizes may be worn, andthe sleeves properly held at the desired height. espe cially in view ofthe fact that the sleeves are more often oversized. Furthermore, thedevice will aid in the disposition of the shirts of the larger sizes.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a shirt and the sleeve thereof, of a button securedto the lower side of the sleeve at a suitable distance from thearm-hole, and a button strip having one end secured within the lowerside of the arm-hole scam, for interchan eable engagement with thebutton wherdby to hold the sleeve in posit-ion to prevent the cultprotruding below the sleeve of a coat. a In testimony whereof, I herebyaflix my s gnature.

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